Waikato Hospital

Pembroke Street Carpark Building

218 parks

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Hague Road Carpark

800 parks

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Weekly parking pass

If the patient you are visiting is staying longer than one night and you are likely to visit many times over a seven-day period, you can request a weekly pass.

How does it work?

• Can be used for different vehicles, but only one vehicle at a time.
• Allows you to come and go as much as you need.
• One pass per patient

How to apply?

• Apply at ward reception.
• Pay $7 at the parking pay machine.

Need help?

Staff can assist with payment machine problems, flat batteries, tyre changes and keys locked in a vehicle (at owner’s risk).

Parking Control Office

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
07 839 8901

Parking Team Leader

Monday - Friday 7-30am - 4.30pm
Weekends and public holidays 7-30am - 4.30pm
0800 867 275

Security

Available 24/7
021 225 9817

Vehicle owners entering Waiora Waikato hospital campus for any purpose do so at their own risk. Security of the vehicle is the sole responsibility of the vehicle owner.

Buses serving Waikato Hospital are the Orbiter, Comet, route 24 Te Awamutu and route 25 the Taumarunui Health Bus.

While the Orbiter’s route does not come through Hamilton’s Transport Centre in the CBD – the Comet, Te Awamutu and Taumarunui services do.

The Taumarunui Health Bus serves Taumarunui, Te Kuiti and Waikato Hospitals and also stops in Otorohanga.

The Orbiter, Comet and Te Awamutu services pick-up and drop off at the hospital from bus stops on Pembroke St whereas the Taumarunui Health Bus picks-up and drops off outside the main hospital entrance on Hague Rd.

For bus timetable and route details: 

0800 205 305
www.busit.co.nz

Taumarunui Health Bus

Did you know if you live in Taumarunui or Te Kuiti and have a medical appointment at Waikato Hospital you can travel to your appointment on the Taumarunui Health Bus?

Return trips on the bus for people attending appointments at Waikato Hospital are free, just show your appointment letter to the bus driver when you board the bus outside the main entrance at Taumarunui Hospital or when boarding at Te Kuiti Hospital.

The bus leaves Taumarunui Hospital Monday to Friday at 8 am and departs Te Kuiti Hospital at 9.05 am.

The trip from Taumarunui to Hamilton takes about three hours and the bus leaves Waikato Hospital on the return journey at 3.30 pm, arriving in Te Kuiti at 5 pm and Taumarunui at 6 pm.

Though the bus service is also available to the public, health care clients take priority on the service and appointments can be booked at Waikato Hospital to fit around the arrival and departure times of the bus service.

Get in touch

Taumarunui Hospital
Taumarunui Bus patient bookings - Mon – Fri (excl. public holidays) Waikato & Taumarunui Hospitals coordinate passenger lists.   07 839 8899 ext. 96125 or 07 896 0020

Te Kuiti Hospital
Taumarunui Bus patient bookings -  Mon – Fri (excl. public holidays) Waikato & Taumarunui Hospitals coordinate passenger lists 07 839 8899 ext. 96125 or 07 896 0020

Timetable

 
Map

These are Waikato DHB-funded services staffed by volunteers, and are for transport to and from health appointments and admissions. They are sometimes referred to as community health shuttles, community buses or vans, or community health transport providers.

• Pre-booking is important.
• Please contact the service you need as early as possible to make a booking.

Click here below:
List of community health transport providers [PDF, 99 KB]

Walking and biking routes have been developed around Hamilton over many years resulting in a growing interconnected network that makes Waikato Hospital more accessible to walkers and cyclists.

Hamilton’s extensive network of walking and biking routes is used daily by commuters and families and we encourage people to consider biking if travelling to work or when visiting Waikato Hospital. There are a number of bike parking facilities at various entrances around the hospital for staff and public use.

Bike parking is at the owner’s risk, so remember to lock your bike securely.

Cycle racks for the public are located:

1. Via Gate 2 off Pembroke St, alongside the Emergency Department by the Security Office 2. Via Gate 2 off Pembroke St, outside the entrance to the Wairoa Waikato Centre.

Mobility car parks are available to anyone visiting or working at Waikato Hospital who displays a valid mobility parking permit issued by CCS Disability Action. Permit holders are exempt from paid parking.

Designated mobility spaces are located near the entrance of all hospital buildings as well as the Pembroke St and Hague Rd carpark buildings.

There are free drop-off zones outside the hospital’s main entrance on Hague Rd, the Emergency Department at Gate 2 off Pembroke St and the entrance to the Elizabeth Rothwell Building for labouring women at Gate 5, also off Pembroke St.

Volunteers will be on hand at the main entrance during the day to help people who are dropped off find their way to appointments.

Gate 2, Pembroke Street

Hague Road Carpark